Liverpool overwhelmed Hoffenheim thanks to "14 months of the hardest work", according to manager Jurgen Klopp.

Jurgen Klopp felt Hoffenheim were struck down by a perfect first-half "thunderstorm" as his Liverpool side romped into the Champions League group stages with a 4-2 win at Anfield.

Emre Can scored either side of Mohamed Salah's goal, all in the first 21 minutes, to set the Reds on their way to a 6-3 aggregate triumph.

Mark Uth pulled one back for Hoffenheim before the interval and Sandro Wagner's 79th-minute consolation came after Roberto Firmino added Liverpool's fourth, but the Bundesliga side were thoroughly outmatched in the face of a rampant attack.